Method of deinking waste paper using a reduced alkali system

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-01-30
KEMIRA CHEM
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[0039]While alkoxylated fatty alcohols, and more specifically ethoxylated fatty alcohols, have historically been used as deinking additives in wash deinking processes, and fatty acids have historically been used in flotation deinking processes, it has unexpectedly been discovered that the additives can be blended for use in flotation or washing processes with a number of unexpected advantages. Surprisingly, it has been discovered that the blend can remove ink from waste paper in a traditional alkaline deinking process. Surprising, it has also been discovered that the blend can remove ink from waste paper in a non-alkaline or low alkaline slurry. The blend can thus substantially reduce the cost

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Much of this wastepaper has undergone some form of printing operation thus leaving a deposit of ink on the paper.
The ink and fiber are more or less uniformly distributed throughout the slurry, and foaming or bubble formation, though present, is not particularly desired.
This is in part because certain surfactants are known to modify interfacial properties successfully at low pH but these surfactants also modify the ink into a hydrophilic dis

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[0166]A blend containing a.) 38 wt % fatty acid or fatty acid mixture wherein about 85 wt % of the composition is between C16 and C18 and with on average about 75 wt % unsaturated fatty acids, b.) 47 wt % of an alkoxylated linear alcohol where the base fatty alcohol predominantly contains about C18 or greater with an average of 21 moles of oxyethylene per molecule of fatty alcohol, and c.) 15 wt % of water.

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[0167]A blend containing a.) 38% fatty acid or fatty acid mixture wherein about 60 wt % of the composition is between C16 and C18 and with on average about 35 wt % unsaturated fatty acids, c.) 47 wt % of an alkoxylated linear alcohol where the base fatty alcohol predominantly contains about C18 or greater with an average of 21 moles of oxyethylene per molecule of fatty alcohol, and d.) 15 wt % of water.

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[0168]A blend containing a.) 38% fatty acid or fatty acid mixture wherein about 66 wt % of the composition is between C16 and C18 and with on average about 45 wt % unsaturated fatty acids, b.) 47 wt % of an alkoxylated linear alcohol where the base fatty alcohol predominantly contains about C18 or greater with an average of 21 moles of oxyethylene per molecule of fatty alcohol, and c.) 15 wt % of water.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for deinking waste paper, optionally in non-alkaline or low-alkaline systems. Deinking compositions are provided that include a blend of an alkoxylated fatty alcohol and a fatty acid. The compositions may further include a second alkoxylated fatty alcohol. The deinking compositions also may include a first non-alkoxylated fatty acid and optionally a second alkoxylated fatty acid. Cationic derivatives such as cationic polymers also may be added to the deinking blend.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to methods and compositions for deinking waste paper, preferably in non-alkaline or low-alkaline systems.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The paper industry has been practicing wastepaper recycling to regenerate usable cellulosic fiber for paper making for many decades. In these processes, ink is removed from the wastepaper pulp using a suitable deinking composition. The deinking process produces a new paper or paperboard product out of materials that might otherwise have ended up in a landfill.[0003]Because of increasing public demand, the use of recycled paper has steadily increased. To recover the fibers used for papermaking from wastepaper, a waste paper deinking operation must generally be carried out to remove the inks used in printing, and thus create suitable characteristics for re-use. Traditionally, deinking has been conducted by either washing or flotation deinking.[0004]Wastepaper may contain a mixture of newspape...

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IPC IPC(8): D21C5/02
CPCD21C5/027Y02W30/64
Inventor ROSENCRANCE, SCOTT WILLIAMNGOME, CHARLES MESUMBE
Owner KEMIRA CHEM
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